OT: In My Next Life ....

In my next life I'm gonna be a Bear!!!

In this life I am a woman. In my next life I'd like to come back as a bear. When you're a bear you get to hibernate. You do nothing but sleep for six months. I could deal with that.

Before you hibernate, you're supposed to eat yourself stupid. I could deal with that too!

When you're a girl bear, you birth your children (who are the size of walnuts) while you are sleeping and wake to partially grown, cute, cuddly cubs. I could definitely deal with that!

If you're a moma bear, everyone knows you mean business. You swat anyone who bothers your cubs. If your cubs get out of line, you swat them too. I could deal with that.

If you're a bear, your mate EXPECTS you to wake up growling. He EXPECTS that you will have hairy legs and excess body fat.

Yup, DEFINITELY gonna be a bear!

Yes Slinky how you describe it I agree with you.

that's great! Sign me up too!

Well, Slinky, if modern medicine ever finds a very long acting pill for treating limb movements during sleep, that would sound good to me too. Otherwise, I wouldn't want to be the veterinarian at a zoo that had to dispense it nightly!

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Ya got me, PackItIn! There goes my dream. *sigh*

Thanks Slinky,

That was one of the cutest things i've read in a while, just pray that mama bear dosen't have sleep apnea...

Shirley/SleepyNoMore

Except for Sleep Apnea I can see one other problem. Way to many Bears!!!!!!!!!

Jerry

I like this idea, Slinky. Besides, my wife often calls me a "big bear."

One of my newer songs has a chorus about going where the black bear goes and sleeping deep. . . .

But she-bears always remind me of how the mean kids teased Elijah by calling him "Old Baldy" . . . and how he called a she-bear down from the hills to deal with those disrespectful brats.

Gotta watch out for them she-bears!

On the other hand, it wouldn't be such a bad thing to come back as a lichen on some inaccessible crag in the Appalachians. LIchens are cool. Lichens rock. Lichens are content. Lichens just are. . . . (And they'd never, ever need a BiPAP or an HMO.

nath

When I saw this title, my first thought was that it was going to be a thread asking folks what they want to be in their next lives. While not particularly a believer in reincarnation, I've said for years that I'd want to be a well-loved house cat. Think about it: Plenty of sun spots for sleeping, plenty of great cat furniture, lots of toys, good food, free medical care, and NOBODY EXPECTS YOU TO COME WHEN YOU ARE CALLED!!

The upside: HONEY

The downside: Bear Hunters and Bear Rug Makers Jim

I gotta agree with t-bone: gotta be a CAT!
But they snore too...

Gave me a smile this morning. Thanks